The level of the mitochondrial mutation A3243G decreases upon ageing in epithelial cells from individuals with diabetes and deafness

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 917-921

  Olsson, Charlotta ^a   Johnsen, Elsy ^a   Nilsson, Mats ^a   Wilander, Erik ^a   Syvänen, Ann Christine ^a   Lagerström Fermér, Maria ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

A3243G; Deafness; Diabetes; Heteroplasmic; Mitochondrial; Mutation

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; MITOSIS; MUTANT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; DEAFNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 0035710879     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200742     Document Type: Article

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